Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
We had a great many horses, of which we gave Lewis and Clark what they needed, and they gave us guns and… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
The white men told lies for each other. They drove off a great many of our cattle. Some branded our young cattle… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I am ready to talk today. I have been in a great many councils, but I am no wiser. We are all… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people. — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
Good words will not give my people good health and stop them from dying. Good words will not get my people a home where… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I do not believe that the Great Spirit Chief gave one kind of men the right to tell another kind of men what they… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy. — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
